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Journal of Physics B Atomic Molecular and Optical Physics

Atomic RABBITT-like experiments framed as diatomic molecules

Diego I. R. Boll, O A Fojón

Published Sep 5, 2016• 11 citations
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Abstract

Abstract The single ionization of noble gas atoms by an attosecond pulse train assisted by an infrared laser field is theoretically investigated by means of a non-perturbative model that under certain approximations gives closed-form expressions for the angular distributions of photoelectrons. A very good agreement between our predictions and experiments is observed. Interestingly, our model allow us to interpret these angular distributions as two-center interferences where the separation between centers is governed by the infrared laser field. Finally, we provide a physical interpretation for the analogy of the two-center interferences.

DOI
10.1088/0953-4075/49/18/185601

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